About This Listing

Our lovely one bedroom apartment is situated in the city centre in a 200 year old house. It is a loft style duplex apartment recently completely (website hidden) has one double bed, double sofa bed and one futon allowing for up to 4 people to stay.

Guests will be welcomed on arrival and made to feel at home. While the apartment is a self contained unit,we live in the main part of the house. I will be available at all times during guests stay.

The Neighborhood

Our neighbourhood has a significant amount of wildlife to be seen despite its proximity to the city centre. A pair of swans build their nest each year in the nearby river. A resident heron also is to be seen here at all times of the year.

Getting around

Getting around the city is no problem as we are situated so close to the centre. To see the surrounding countryside there are a number of companies operating daily tours. Information on these is available in the apartment.

Excellent location-- less than 5 minute walk to Shop Street, with the train station was less than 15 minutes away. Very quiet place--the bedroom backs up to academic buildings and a historic canal, which was ideal for peaceful slumber. A particularly comfortable place to spend the night.
Place is modern, with a lot of amenities--including nice coffee, and soft linens and towels. William, the host, was excellent to work and everything was better than promised. Definitely makes the go-back list!

I stayed in Galway with friends for the weekend.
William was a great host: the facilitated the best collecting of the keys, the apartment was clean and met the expectations we had from the description.
The apartment is great: cosy and very-well positioned - a few minutes away form city center.
Highly recommended.

Bill was at the door to welcome us as soon as we arrived. Unfortunately, we didn't see him much during our stay, since we were out and about exploring Galway.

The apartment was great! It was cozy and had what we needed for our 5 day stay (dishes, cookware, coffee, french press, spices). The wifi was a little weak (unless you stayed at the front end of the apartment), but we weren't there much anyway, except for sleep and breakfast. (There was free wifi at many of the pubs we visited.)

The location is perfect! It was a very short walk to Salthill and all the great Galway pubs and shops. At the end of the night, the street was actually pretty quiet for being so close to all the action!

Bill was an awesome host. He was very helpful in directing us to cool places in the city and easy to communicate before and during our stay. The place was exactly as described and what we were looking for. It was a perfect location for exploring the city with everything in walkable distances. Next time we are in Galway we will definitely stay with Bill. And I would highly encourage future guests to take Bill up on his recommendations for both restaurants and live music locations. What an enjoyable stay and a great pleasure meeting Bill.

About the Host, William

Nous parlons francais ici! Wij spreken Nederlands thuis. I live with my partner Denise in our city centre house in Mill street Galway. I was born here in Galway and having lived away for 20 years in London, returned home over 10 years ago. I worked for many years as a social worker with homeless people but am now retired. One of my main interests is traditional Irish music and I play the guitar and mandola. I also like to sing and play in pub sessions several times a week. I am passionate about sport of all kinds and read the sports page before any national news. I like to travel and have been on holidays to many to many foreign countries all over the world. I have an interest in history in particular, local history. I love meeting people from different countries and cultures and for many years hosted foreign language students in our home. I like to make people feel at home.
Denise hails from the midlands of Ireland. She works as an acupuncturist, massage therapist and Chinese Herbalist. She has lived previously in San Francisco, Brussels and Nanjing China. She has travelled extensively often backpacking and hiking as well as studying Chinese medicine. Sa deuxieme langue est le francais. Haar Nederlands is niet slecht nog niet! She likes to make people feel welcome and loves listening to people's stories.